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To celebrate the launch of Sage Drive, SAGE is asking the start-up and small business community to share their most irresistibly sensible ways of working. Show us what helps you get through the working day – is it irresistible, is it sensible or is it irresistibly sensible?
Whether it’s working from your garden shed, having a very large coffee every morning, a fancy phone or even your business partner! Share a pic of the thing that gets you through your day to be in with a chance of winning an irresistibly sensible …

Avery Rewards is back for 2015 and to celebrate its 2015 launch, Avery is looking to thank some of the unsung heroes in UK offices.
The Avery Rewards team have created seven awards to recognise superheroes in the office. You can nominate a colleague, friend or even yourself for the chance to win £100 in vouchers to spend on the Avery Reward brands which include M&S, New Look, Boots, B&Q and Debenhams.
THE AWARDS:
The Avery Office Hero: This person doesn’t often shout about what they do but without them the office would …

www.frillo.co.uk, an online supplier of office products and services, has teamed up with its partners to offer a small or start-up business a unique opportunity to win £10k worth of goods to kit out their office and promote their business online. The winner will be announced at The Business Show at Olympia, London, which runs from the 27th – 28th November.
The prize includes £1k of insurance and utilities, £2k of IT equipment, £2k of office furniture and £5k of marketing support for a new website. The idea for the Frillo £10k …

AXA is running a competition for small business owners who are prepared to share their work clothes with the world. If like many of us you hit the pc clasping a mug of coffee, but still in your PJs, now is your chance to win an iPad mini.
4.2 million people run their business from home in the UK – and that number is increasing every day. One of the best things about homeworking is the freedom to make your own decisions and enjoy a better work-life balance, but another benefit is …

When you run a small business or work from home, a daily routine might be really important. For example I can’t start my day without a good cup of coffee while I wrangle with the boys and persuade them that putting on shirt, trousers, jumper etc can be achieved without stopping for 10 minutes between items of clothing. And if I get five minutes, I’ll take my coffee out onto the beach for a bit of peace to get my mindset right too.
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… the problem is staying an artist when you grow up” – Pablo Picasso
Do you love showcasing your child’s art or do you struggle to know what to do with it? Read on for a couple of ideas and a competition to enter.
I’d never thought of displaying art on the move, but the Pink Lining’s PL Child satchel, pictured, will give every child a way to show what they can do. At home we’ve also scanned pictures to turn them into phone backgrounds which means you always have some art with you.
If you’d …

Mobile working means the traditional confines of an office are becoming a thing of the past. In light of this, Sage and Real Business are launching a Twittercompetition to find the most unusual places people are choosing to work. To enter, all you have to do is tweet @SageUK using #sage200, #unusualplaces and a picture of the most unusual place you have worked in, before Wednesday 10th July at 3pm.

It might not feel like it, but spring weather is just round the corner – and we’ve teamed up with Argos to put a spring into your back garden when the sunshine finally arrives!
Argos has a huge range of #outdoor toys designed to get you and your kids jumping for joy – so it took a while for us to choose from all the trampolines and #bouncy castles to find a prize.
What’s up for grabs is this this magnificent 8 foot Plum Trampoline, so enter below to be in with a chance …